Loopback REST connector POST - node.js

Question

I tried to create a model, and connect to my API test server.
Here's the REST datasource configuration :
"postsREST": {
"name": "postsREST",
"connector": "rest",
"operations": [{
"template": {
"method": "GET",
"url": "http://localhost:3001/posts"
},
"functions": {
"find": []
}
}, {
"template": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "http://localhost:3001/posts",
"headers": {
"accept": "application/json",
"content-type": "application/json"
},
"query": {
"title": "{^title}",
"author": "{^author}"
},
"body": {
"title": "{^title}",
"author": "{^author}"
}
},
"functions": {
"create": [
"title",
"author"
]
}
}]
}
The problem is, that when I use the explorer, the generated request url is this:
http://localhost:3000/api/posts/create?title=f&author=f
Instead of:
http://localhost:3000/api/posts
What am I doing wrong? Maybe there is new documentation?
Thanks.

Answer 1

You should use form instead of req or body, if you want the params not to be part of the request-url. req or body will append your parameters to the request URL.
Using form will send your parameters just like a form is submitted using POST method and hence as part of the request body.
So, try the following way for the template section in your code:
"template": {
"method": "POST",
"url": "http://localhost:3001/posts",
"headers": {
"accept": "application/json",
"content-type": "application/json"
},
"form": {
"title": "{^title}",
"author": "{^author}"
}
},
Additionally, I do not see any point in adding the same parameters to the req and body attributes both.